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ARTHUR BARBARIN, OF N ORLEANS, LOUISIANA. y

Letters Patent No. 83,022, dated October 13, 1868.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of thesame.

To 'whom it 'may concwn Be it known that I, ARTHUR B'AnBARIN, of N ewOrleans, in the parish of Orleans, and State of Louisiana, have inventeda certain new and improved Tool for Opening Cigar-Boxes and otherarticles; and I hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of the same, reference being had to thexaccompanyingdrawings, 'in which- Figure 1 represents a perspective and partly sec-`-tional view of a tool made in accordance with my invention.

Figure 2 is a top view of the same, with the blade' in section.

The tool which is the subject of this application, is intendedprincipally t0 meet the wants of cigar-dealers,- who, as it is wellknown, have frequent occasion to open and close boxes containing cigars,tobacco, Sto. It is my object to combine, in one device, the means bywhich such boxes may be readily opened, and reclosed and fastened. Tothis end I form, upon a metal shank, A, a shoulder or projecting ange,a, of circular or other suitable form, and of sufcient dimensions toserve all the purposes of a hammer for driving nails or tacks. l Whenthis hammer is circular in form, its peripheryy should be Toughened orcorrugated, as represented in the drawings, A'so as to prevent itsslipping from the nail'or other object which it strikes. If, however, itis 4square or angular, these corrugat'ions may be dispensed with. Beyondthe hammer a, the shank is attened, so as to form a blade, b, the shapeof which in cross-section I prefer to make as shown in- 'g. 2. Thisblade extends'a suitable distance beyond the hammer, audits end isrounded, so that it may be inserted with as little diiculty as possiblebetween the parts of the box or other article to be separated, and

Y in the end is cut a nick or notch, c, which serves to draw the nailsor tacks by which the box is fastened. This nick or notch may, ofcourse, b elocated in any other lsuitable part of the blade.

To open a cig; r-box, the blade of the tool is inserted between thecover and the top of the box, and the tool is then twisted or turned, soas to raise the cover and loosen the nails, whichmay be lifted out, ifdesired, by means of the nick c. After the box has been inspected, itcan be"r'eclosed and fastened, the head a being used as a hammer fordriving' the nails or tacks.

The tool may also be used as an oyster-opener, the hammer a, serving tobreak the shell of the oyster suiiiciently to allow the opening-blade,which in this instance need not be provided with the nick c, to beinserted between the two parts. When employed for thispurpose, the toolshould be made of suitable size and strength, and the handle may be ofmetal, and formed of one piece with the shank.

I am aware that Letters Patent, No. 41,925, have been heretofore issuedto W. M. Keag'ue, for a tool for opening'boxes, and I lay no claim to atool such as described by him, as the one, the subject of the presentpatent, is intended for. many uses for which that of the said Keague isnot adapted.

What I claim, therefore, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The herein-described tool for opening cigar-boxes and other articles, asa new article of manufacture.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification beforetwo subscribing witnesses.

. ARTHUR BARBARIN. Witnesses: 1

M. BAILEY, EDM. F. BROWN.

